Illinois governor plan targets kids' mental health crisis

Pritzker Plan to Target Kids’ Mental Health Crisis Through Streamlining, Agency Coordination

A report examining the capacity and condition of Illinois’ response to behavioral health in young people has been in the works for nearly a year. It sketches avenues to help families understand mental illness, then make it easier for them to get required care without wrangling among disparate state agencies.

Illinois governor plan targets kids’ mental health crisis

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordinating between six separate state agencies, Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to announce Friday. Read more...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordinating between six separate state agencies, Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to announce Friday. WGN plans to livestream the announcement within this story beginning at approximately 11 a.m. A report examining the capacity and condition of Illinois' response to behavioral health in young people has …

Illinois governor’s plan targets kids’ mental health crisis

Friday’s announcement marks the beginning of work to ready the plan for implementation, a report on which Pritzker expects by October.

Pritzker plan targets kids’ mental health crisis

A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordinating between six separate state agencies, Gov. JB Pritzker plans to announce Friday.

Illinois governor plan targets kids’ mental health crisis

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordinating between six separate state agencies, Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to announce Friday. A report examining the capacity and condition of Illinois’ response to behavioral health in young people has been in the works for nearly a year. It sketches avenues to help families understand mental il…